Latest about Animal Well
2024’s best Metroidvania Animal Well might not get a sequel, but its creator wants to make another game in the same 8-bit universe
News Whatever's next hasn't been "pieced together yet"
After making a game with a file size so tiny it was dwarfed by its own PS5 background, developer of hit Metroidvania Animal Well says "I didn't do anything clever"
News Animal Well takes up a tiny amount of space
Solo dev behind breakout Metroidvania hit Animal Well says his game has 256 encounters, but he had to cut at least 500 of them during development
News "Designing a Metroidvania is a lot harder than designing a linear platformer"
In an era of 100GB games, breakout Metroidvania hit Animal Well is only 34MB - so small that its 4K PS5 background is "likely larger than the game"
News That's just 37% of its Metacritic score
